Punny Money’s Grand Coupon Experiment, Part 4
Author: Nick
Category: Money
Topics: coupons, food, frugality
As promised, here’s another update (albeit a short one) on my Grand Coupon Experiment. I’ve started to use The Coupon Mom’s technique for coupon clipping which requires collecting each Sunday newspaper’s coupon books and storing them until the optimal sale price comes along. Only then does any actual cutting of coupons take place, and that’s managed to cut the time requirements for the experiment quite drastically. Since the last update, I’ve only spent 5 minutes on coupon-cutting activities, but we’ve saved another $4.29 after newspaper expenses.
Grand Coupon Experiment Net Savings: +$9.58, -55 minutes
So the savings are starting to build up, and once I have a good supply of coupon books, it should become much easier to take advantage of some of the great coupon-sale combinations at my local stores.
And in case you missed it, be sure to check out the recent Punny Poll which surveyed readers’ coupon usage. Also note that Amazon.com now has a full line of grocery items, but you’ll want to read my price comparison and mini-review of Amazon Grocery first before trying it out.
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Cindy Williams
August 12th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
What a great site full of savings information!! I have found Coupon Mom to be quite helpful as well as http://www.saveitbig.com. There are some great tips that are shared.
Thanks for the info!
Cindy
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Jackky
September 4th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Its very eassy to save your money while visiting a site like CouponAlbum as this site offers not only best shopping options but also best insurance options, visit and see the diffrence.
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[...] Note: this entry started as a response to Punny Money’s grand coupon experiment. Nick is convinced that he can’t save any money with coupons. I went to my wife for a rebuttal, but I didn’t get one. “Coupons are usually for things you don’t need,” she told me. “Sales are the same as coupons — you have to lump them together in your head. It’s all just finding bargains.” [...]
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